pilgrimage

noun

/ˈpɪlɡrɪmɪdʒ/

[countable, uncountable]

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a journey to a holy place for religious reasons
- to go on/make a pilgrimage
Collocations Religion
ReligionBeing religious
- believe in God/Christ/Allah/free will/predestination/heaven and hell/an afterlife/reincarnation
- be/become a believer/an atheist/an agnostic/a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist, etc.
- convert to/practise a religion/Buddhism/Catholicism/Christianity/Islam/Judaism, etc.
- go to church/(North American English) temple (= the synagogue)
- go to the local church/mosque/synagogue/gurdwara
- belong to a church/a religious community
- join/enter the church/a convent/a monastery/a religious sect/the clergy/the priesthood
- praise/worship/obey/serve/glorify God
Celebrations and ritual
- attend/hold/conduct/lead a service
- perform a ceremony/a rite/a ritual/a baptism/the Hajj/a mitzvah
- carry out/perform a sacred/burial/funeral/fertility/purification rite
- go on/make a pilgrimage
- celebrate Christmas/Easter/Eid/Ramadan/Hanukkah/Passover/Diwali
- observe/break the Sabbath/a fast/Ramadan
- deliver/preach/hear a sermon
- lead/address the congregation
- say/recite a prayer/blessing
Religious texts and ideas
- preach/proclaim/spread the word of God/the Gospel/the message of Islam
- study/follow the dharma/the teachings of Buddha
- read/study/understand/interpret scripture/the Bible/the Koran/the gospel/the Torah
- be based on/derive from divine revelation
- commit/consider something heresy/sacrilege
Religious belief and experience
- seek/find/gain enlightenment/wisdom
- strengthen/lose your faith
- keep/practise/practice/abandon the faith
- save/purify/lose your soul
- obey/follow/keep/break/violate a commandment/Islamic law/Jewish law
- be/accept/do God’s will
- receive/experience divine grace
- achieve/attain enlightenment/salvation/nirvana
- undergo a conversion/rebirth/reincarnation
- hear/answer a prayer
- commit/confess/forgive a sin
- do/perform penance
Extra Examples
- His parents made a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
- She was on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land when she got sick.
- The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.
- There was a ban on political protests during the pilgrimage.
Topics Religion and festivalsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- annual
- religious
- spiritual
- …
verb + pilgrimage
- go on
- make
pilgrimage + noun
- route
- destination
- site
- …
preposition
- during a/the pilgrimage
- on a/the pilgrimage
- pilgrimage to
- …
phrases
- a centre/center of pilgrimage
- an object of pilgrimage
- a place of pilgrimage
- …
See full entry
a journey to a place that is connected with somebody/something that you admire or respect
- His grave has become a place of pilgrimage.
- She made a pilgrimage to visit the place where her hero was born.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- annual
- religious
- spiritual
- …
verb + pilgrimage
- go on
- make
pilgrimage + noun
- route
- destination
- site
- …
preposition
- during a/the pilgrimage
- on a/the pilgrimage
- pilgrimage to
- …
phrases
- a centre/center of pilgrimage
- an object of pilgrimage
- a place of pilgrimage
- …
See full entry

Word OriginMiddle English: from Provençal pelegrinage, from pelegrin, from Latin peregrinus ‘foreign’, from peregre ‘abroad’, from per- ‘through’ + ager ‘field’.

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单词	pilgrimage
释义	pilgrimage noun /ˈpɪlɡrɪmɪdʒ/ /ˈpɪlɡrɪmɪdʒ/ [countable, uncountable] jump to other results a journey to a holy place for religious reasons to go on/make a pilgrimage Collocations ReligionReligionBeing religious believe in God/Christ/Allah/free will/predestination/heaven and hell/an afterlife/reincarnation be/become a believer/an atheist/an agnostic/a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist, etc. convert to/practise a religion/Buddhism/Catholicism/Christianity/Islam/Judaism, etc. go to church/(North American English) temple (= the synagogue) go to the local church/mosque/synagogue/gurdwara belong to a church/a religious community join/enter the church/a convent/a monastery/a religious sect/the clergy/the priesthood praise/worship/obey/serve/glorify God Celebrations and ritual attend/hold/conduct/lead a service perform a ceremony/a rite/a ritual/a baptism/the Hajj/a mitzvah carry out/perform a sacred/burial/funeral/fertility/purification rite go on/make a pilgrimage celebrate Christmas/Easter/Eid/Ramadan/Hanukkah/Passover/Diwali observe/break the Sabbath/a fast/Ramadan deliver/preach/hear a sermon lead/address the congregation say/recite a prayer/blessing Religious texts and ideas preach/proclaim/spread the word of God/the Gospel/the message of Islam study/follow the dharma/the teachings of Buddha read/study/understand/interpret scripture/the Bible/the Koran/the gospel/the Torah be based on/derive from divine revelation commit/consider something heresy/sacrilege Religious belief and experience seek/find/gain enlightenment/wisdom strengthen/lose your faith keep/practise/practice/abandon the faith save/purify/lose your soul obey/follow/keep/break/violate a commandment/Islamic law/Jewish law be/accept/do God’s will receive/experience divine grace achieve/attain enlightenment/salvation/nirvana undergo a conversion/rebirth/reincarnation hear/answer a prayer commit/confess/forgive a sin do/perform penance Extra Examples His parents made a pilgrimage to Lourdes. She was on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land when she got sick. The shrine was an object of pilgrimage. There was a ban on political protests during the pilgrimage. Topics Religion and festivalsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective annual religious spiritual … verb + pilgrimage go on make pilgrimage + noun route destination site … preposition during a/the pilgrimage on a/the pilgrimage pilgrimage to … phrases a centre/center of pilgrimage an object of pilgrimage a place of pilgrimage … See full entry a journey to a place that is connected with somebody/something that you admire or respect His grave has become a place of pilgrimage. She made a pilgrimage to visit the place where her hero was born. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective annual religious spiritual … verb + pilgrimage go on make pilgrimage + noun route destination site … preposition during a/the pilgrimage on a/the pilgrimage pilgrimage to … phrases a centre/center of pilgrimage an object of pilgrimage a place of pilgrimage … See full entry Word OriginMiddle English: from Provençal pelegrinage, from pelegrin, from Latin peregrinus ‘foreign’, from peregre ‘abroad’, from per- ‘through’ + ager ‘field’. Wordfinder commute departure destination excursion expedition itinerary journey pilgrimage safari travel
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